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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1960
Page
10
Publication information and staff listings for The Alpine Avalanche including editors and department heads. Subscription rates and advertising contacts are listed, with standard notices about corrections and public notices.
The University of Texas Bureau of Business Research shows Texas feed lots expanding rapidly from 61 to 94 operations with capacity rising to 240 000 head by 1955. Prominent firms like Lueck TP Cattle Co and Lewter Inc build larger lots and a Houston plant is planned to support Armour and Co processing, signaling Texas as a major cattle feeding state.
Brewster County records show 1415 poll tax receipts issued this year with 2 riders and an estimated 150 overs. Marfa rancher George F Crosson plans a park visit in the Chisos Mountains, while texts note residents searching San Esteban Lake for three drowned youths. Local notes mention publishing ownership transfer, officials visiting El Paso, and Marathon Terlingua news items.
Slover hosts a Friday evening radio segment on KVL inviting questions from Alpine Texas listeners. The dialogue presents a soldier’s reminiscences about Mexico service, duties in barracks, conflicts with corpsmen over sent foods, and lessons learned from older soldiers, ending with a resolve not to be mocked.
Dobie will speak at Sul Ross College in Fine Arts Auditorium at 3 pm on February 8. The talk covers Southwestern literature and modern book collecting. Dobie, Texana librarian and American history instructor, is noted as a teacher and rare book dealer and a regional authority. Students faculty and the public are invited.
County Judge Felix McGaughy appointed a panel of judges for the February 20 special election to establish a separate tax assessor collector's office. Presiding judges and assistants span Petitions 1 through 5 at locations including Alp A Beard Courthouse Centennial School Marathon and Big Bend areas.
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